Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emiliia Latse / 500px via Getty Images There’s a reason why “little treat” culture is so popular; it’s completely natural to be ...

Rewarding yourself can backfire. If you tell yourself, “I’ll only listen to my favorite podcast while I’m at the gym,” it takes just one moment of weakness to realize you can cheat and listen to it ...

Instead of rewarding yourself with another purchase, find a way to mark progress that doesn’t cost money. Take the night off cooking, sleep in, or start something you’ve been putting off. Rewarding ...

I always cringe when I see a well-meaning grandma, or anyone for that matter, say to a little child: “What a good girl you are! Here’s a cookie!” Most of us, early on, learned to see sweet foods like ...